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  • Andersen paintball facility now open for business

    Team Andersen held its first paintball challenge between the Chiefs and Eagles following the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the paintball facility here Sept. 26."After a customer mentioned that Andersen should have a paintball field, we began researching some options 18 months ago," said Ray Stiers,

  • Kadena Airmen return home after rescue mission

    A team of Pacific Air Forces and Air Force Special Operations Command Airmen from Kadena Air Base returned home yesterday evening after providing medical assistance to two injured mariners aboard a Panamanian freighter 750 nautical miles north of Saipan. Despite the efforts of the rescue team, one

  • Kunsan uses 'new media' to tell Wolf Pack story

    The Kunsan Public Affairs Office launched two new publicly accessible Internet sites recently to better tell the Kunsan story to Airmen, and their families and friends around the world. Kunsan Air Base now has YouTube and Facebook pages. While not accessible from mil domain computers, the sites can

  • Voting: It's your right

    The presidential election is just around the corner, and for military members and their families who are U.S. citizens stationed overseas, exercising their right to vote is just as important as if they were living in the United States. "Voting provides a medium for us to support the democratic

  • New course trains medical teams in Pacific

    Critical care specialists from the Air Force, Army and Navy will get important training on moving seriously ill patients in the Pacific theater at a course to be held here Sept. 29 through Oct. 3. Thirteenth Air Force's Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center- Pacific, the aeromedical

  • Partnership with New Zealand emphasized at air conference

    Partnership between the United States and New Zealand militaries is vital to meeting the security challenges of the Pacific region, according to the 13th Air Force commander while speaking at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Chief of Air Force Conference Sept. 23. Lt. Gen. Chip Utterback provided a

  • Summer safety campaign most successful in years

    Pacific Air Forces wrapped up the annual 101 Critical Days of Summer safety campaign with no reportable fatalities and an overall decrease of 20 percent in total ground safety mishaps from the same time last year. This year's campaign, themed "I Can Save My Own Life," was the most successful safety